Episode 3: Tim Malkin of Talkboy
Summary: <p>This week, we're super excited to welcome the wonderful Tim Malkin, guitarist and songwriter for rising indie-poppers Talkboy, to the show. Unlike the handheld voice recorder of the same name, they weren’t conceived as a prop for Home Alone, but rather to make music that blends and blurs between genres. </p><br><p>They hail from the land of Leeds, where they all met at Leeds College of Music, and have spent years together drifting in and out of different bands. They formed in 2017 when Tim and drummer Jake Greenway decided to merge the two projects they were torn between, thus bringing together the super sextet, completed by vocalists Katie Heap and Calum Juniper, keyboardist Charlotte Jones and bassist Tom Sargent. Since then, they’ve ploughed on through the perils of the UK music scene, pitching their wares and putting themselves out there for all to see, releasing their debut single Mother back in 2018, and released their debut EP Over & Under in 2019. Whilst Covid-19 put a bit of a spanner in the works, they were making a name for themselves as a live act to keep an eye on, having sold out a gig in 2018 for BBC Introducing before they even had any music out. </p><br><p>As you’ll find out throughout the chat with Tim, they’re now releasing the excellent Wrapped In Blue EP, which whilst not necessarily written in lockdown, truly encapsulates the many emotions being echoed by so many of us right now. We talk about how sticking six songwriters all with completely different influences in a studio works, the challenges of writing for multiple vocalists, and how colouring outside of the lines is far more freeing than sticking to the rules. We'd like to thank Tim for his time, Talkboy for their music, and Matty at Super Cat PR for setting it up. </p><br><hr><p style="color:grey;font-size:0.75em;"> See <a style="color:grey;" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>
